With the lack of punctuation in the official lyrics, and with how Der Graf sings it, I guess it could either be a question (Should you be quiet?) or an admonition (You should be quiet.). Not earth-shattering, but it makes it sort of both -- the world tells us we should be quiet about our lives and our loves and our hopes and dreams, and most certainly, the world tells us we should all be the same, and anything different should be hushed up.
But should it?
The message of this song is that as long as you are alive, you should act alive. Express yourself, allow yourself truly to be and feel and do what you are and want to be.
With the lack of punctuation in the official lyrics, and with how Der Graf sings it, I guess it could either be a question (Should you be quiet?) or an admonition (You should be quiet.). Not earth-shattering, but it makes it sort of both -- the world tells us we should be quiet about our lives and our loves and our hopes and dreams, and most certainly, the world tells us we should all be the same, and anything different should be hushed up.
But should it?
The message of this song is that as long as you are alive, you should act alive. Express yourself, allow yourself truly to be and feel and do what you are and want to be.